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The foreign relations of Bulgaria are overseen by the Ministry of Foreign Relations headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs.Situated in Southeast Europe, Bulgaria is a member of both NATO (since 2004) and the European Union (since 2007). [1]
Bulgaria and Romania became members on 1 January 2007, but the application of certain policy areas of the European Union to Bulgaria and Romania was deferred to a later date. These were: Schengen Area (see enlargement of the Schengen Area): partial application from March 31, 2024, full application from January 1, 2025
[183] [184] Bulgaria signed the European Union Treaty of Accession on 25 April 2005, [185] and became a full member of the European Union on 1 January 2007. [113] In addition, it has a tripartite economic and diplomatic collaboration with Romania and Greece, [186] good ties with China [187] and Vietnam [188] and a historical relationship with ...
The Treaty of Accession 2005 is an agreement between the member states of European Union and Bulgaria and Romania. It entered into force on 1 January 2007. The Treaty arranged accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and amended earlier Treaties of the European Union. As such it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European ...
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are party to the EU's founding treaties, and thereby subject to the privileges and obligations of membership. They have agreed by the treaties to share their own sovereignty through the institutions of the European Union in certain aspects of government.
Pages in category "Bulgaria and the European Union" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Bulgaria held the presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2018. [1] [2] The presidency was the second of three presidencies making up a presidency trio, which began with the presidency of Estonia, and was followed by that of Austria. [3] It was the first time Bulgaria had held the presidency. [4]
When it joined the European Union in 2007, Bulgaria committed to switching its currency, the lev, to the euro, as stated in the 2005 EU accession treaty.The transition will occur once the country meets all the euro convergence criteria; at the moment, Bulgaria does not fulfill only one single criterion – price stability (i.e. inflation).